Marco Palmieri
@mxpalmieri.bsky.social
I help storytellers. Independent Developmental Editor. Knight Errant. Ronin. Previously: Realm Media • Tor Publishing Group • Simon & Schuster • DC Comics
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“I have horrible thoughts.”
"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from."
October 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
“I have horrible thoughts.”
Today’s cafe playing “9 to 5” seems a bit on-the-nose, but I’ll allow it. #amediting
August 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Today’s cafe playing “9 to 5” seems a bit on-the-nose, but I’ll allow it. #amediting
This month marks my 30th year as an editor. The story goes on.
#editor #writingcommunlty #amediting #freelance
#editor #writingcommunlty #amediting #freelance
August 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
This month marks my 30th year as an editor. The story goes on.
#editor #writingcommunlty #amediting #freelance
#editor #writingcommunlty #amediting #freelance
Not with most people over-60 either.
Marco Rubio is currently delivering a very boring speech railing against "communism." These guys really think they're cooking by trying to revive the Red Scare. Ain't gonna work with people under 60 years old.
July 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Not with most people over-60 either.
Even if Fox News (or anyone else) were to take this epically stupid idea seriously (they shouldn't), its telling that the only repurcussions these talking heads focus on are how they think they'll own the libs.
Faulkner: "Sanctuary cities include Boston, Chicago, Denver, LA, NY, Philadelphia, SF. All of those airports handle 1,100 int'l flights per day. They're not just gonna not fly. They're gonna go to red states and cities. A boon for red states. People will just really hate living in blue states."
May 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Even if Fox News (or anyone else) were to take this epically stupid idea seriously (they shouldn't), its telling that the only repurcussions these talking heads focus on are how they think they'll own the libs.
"Billionaires pay 45% of the taxes in this country" only sounds impressive until you remember they're still billionaires.
Maria Bartiromo has an extended crashout after Ro Khanna makes a case that the rich should pay more taxes
May 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"Billionaires pay 45% of the taxes in this country" only sounds impressive until you remember they're still billionaires.
Holy crap. It’s been 25 years since I worked on these. Good times.
A 25th Anniversary shout-out to the DEEP SPACE NINE post-finale novel series, which launched this day in 2001 with the release of AVATAR, Books 1 & 2, by S.D. Perry.
It was the first time that Paramount allowed the novel line to tell a serialized continuation after the end of a series.
It was the first time that Paramount allowed the novel line to tell a serialized continuation after the end of a series.
April 25, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Holy crap. It’s been 25 years since I worked on these. Good times.
In 2025 I edited sixteen novels, three query packets, and one comic book script. Not too shabby.
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In 2025 I edited sixteen novels, three query packets, and one comic book script. Not too shabby.
Today my local grocery store is selling 6 ounces of blueberries for $9.99.
Trump claims prices are low and there is no inflation ahead of “the Holiday season”
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today my local grocery store is selling 6 ounces of blueberries for $9.99.
Everything is terrible, but this made my day.
(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)
#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting
(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)
#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting
![Part 1 of a letter from a client:
Dear Marco,
A few years ago, you helped me with two books: Soul Binder and Owen Greenley and the Cape of Leaves. I learned a great deal from your developmental edits.
You opened my eyes, especially to character agency. I have since then kept working on the projects, working with critique groups, and by some wild luck, I was mentored by [two top executives at a major film studio]. It’s been quite a journey.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6us7b5i2ulapud7c7ehlzwab/bafkreifqv3cez6rkx625cqohjwfcjrm2wkika5gvoaowbsrdwegzzzr7oi)
August 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Everything is terrible, but this made my day.
(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)
#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting
(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)
#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting
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Fritz Lang would like a word.
April 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Fritz Lang would like a word.
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If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
New in PN: Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
What would you say if you saw it in another country?
www.publicnotice.co
April 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
Felt weird. Might delete later.
April 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Felt weird. Might delete later.
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"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation"
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation"
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your head.
April 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your head.
Pretty sure this was settled as heresy by Emperor Constantine during the First Council of Nicaea, in Anno Domino’s 325.
I would like to know more about Cardinal Pizzaballa and what his take is on church doctrine: RE: pineapples on a large pie
choose your fighter
April 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pretty sure this was settled as heresy by Emperor Constantine during the First Council of Nicaea, in Anno Domino’s 325.
I was just mistaken for mobster Alphonse Persico by an ex-cop. “I saw you from the side and thought, oh man, Allie Boy got out!”
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was just mistaken for mobster Alphonse Persico by an ex-cop. “I saw you from the side and thought, oh man, Allie Boy got out!”
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
With so many folks excited for Andor Season 2 kicking off in just a couple of days, this is your periodic reminder that writer-director Tony Gilroy's underrated Michael Clayton (2007; George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton) is a fucking masterpiece, and you should all watch it.
April 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
With so many folks excited for Andor Season 2 kicking off in just a couple of days, this is your periodic reminder that writer-director Tony Gilroy's underrated Michael Clayton (2007; George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton) is a fucking masterpiece, and you should all watch it.
I had one about the labyrinth, but it’s a bit convoluted.
If push comes to shove, I have one about Sisyphus
I had a joke about Ariadne but
1/🧵
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April 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I had one about the labyrinth, but it’s a bit convoluted.
I know it’s not a competition, but he really is the worst Marco.
“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I know it’s not a competition, but he really is the worst Marco.
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NICK CAVE DOTH ORDER COFFEE:
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
April 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NICK CAVE DOTH ORDER COFFEE:
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
This is so fucked up.
April 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is so fucked up.